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You may hate them, but mobile ads are coming

Mobile advertising is still in its infancy, and already it's despised by some users of wireless devices. Nonetheless, it seems destined to become a major factor in the growth of the mobile Internet.

Apple's new phones lead to iTypos

iPhone users make mistakes more often when texting compared to users of phones with hard keys, a new study found.

Google Android gets positive early reviews

While Google's Android announcement generated a lot of hype last week, developers had to wait until yesterday to see whether the company had actually developed a good platform.

3GSM ASIA - Asian carriers to offer flat-rate data roaming

Some of Asia's biggest cellular carriers are banding together to offer a flat-rate data roaming service, hoping to increase the use of cellular data services by business people travelling in Asia.

Apple fixes security bug with iPhone update

Apple has pushed out its iPhone 1.1.2 firmware update to users of its popular mobile phone, fixing a widely publicized bug in the iPhone's browser.

Microsoft spinoff opens mobile beta

A Microsoft spinoff plans to release an open beta of a new mobile browsing user interface in mid-December.

Samsung shows off WiMax PDA, PC

Samsung Electronics has unveiled four new data networking terminals for use on the commercial WiMax network operating in Seoul.

Google offers US$10M for best Android mobile phone apps

Google will give US$10 million to the developers who build the best applications for Android, the open source platform Google designed for building mobile phones. Google says it hopes to spark innovation with the so-called Android Developer Challenge...

Avaya gets iPhone ready for business

Avaya will make it possible to turn an iPhone into a node on the corporate PBX network, something iPhone users (if not corporate phone executives) want.

Microsoft to buy mobile music company Musiwave

Microsoft plans to buy mobile music service provider Musiwave, as the software giant looks to step up its consumer mobile offerings.

Open-source Java could result in port to iPhone

With the first anniversary of open-source Java coming up November 13, a Sun official believes the project could bear a sought-after fruit in the Java community: The porting of Java to the Apple iPhone.

Google releases Android SDK

Google has released an SDK (software development kit) that programmers can use to create mobile phone applications for the company's Android mobile platform.

Wishing you and yours a haptic holiday

When playing Halo 3 on your Xbox 360, or other games on other consoles, your handheld game controller shakes and rumbles to coincide with on-screen explosions, crashes, gunshots and grenade detonations.

iPhone 1.1.2 update testers confirm it breaks 3d-party apps

iPhone users who downloaded and installed the 1.1.2 update reported that, as expected, the upgrade broke third-party applications and patched a vulnerability which had been previously used to unlock the device.

Sony Ericsson adds global 3G modem, extends Google deal

Sony Ericsson has introduced a "world standard" 3G USB modem, and has extended its relationship with Google by announcing its first mobile phone with Google Maps and RSS newsfeeds as standard.